Alert - universal credit

In some areas, new claims for tax credits are no longer possible. Whilst most existing tax credit claimants will not be affected by UC until 2019 onwards, some changes of circumstances can lead to them needing to claim UC instead. A new in-year finalisation process will be used to finalise the tax credit claim of someone who has claimed UC along with a new method of calculating income. See our section on Universal Credit for more information.